(Source: Rosa L DeLauro) HARTFORD, CT (March 8, 2016) - Today Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) testified at a Labor & Public Employees Committee hearing on paid family and medical leave. DeLauro has sponsored the FAMILY Act in the U.S. House of Representatives, which would give all American employees up to twelve weeks of paid family and medical leave. Here are the remarks, as prepared for delivery: Senator Gomes, Representative Tercyak, committee members, it is a pleasure to be with you today to discuss paid family and medical leave. Let me begin with my personal experience of the value of paid leave. In 1986, I was diagnosed with early-stage ovarian cancer. It was an experience I would...
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